Digital Banks

Jul
26

Digital bank Zopa looks to raise £100m ahead of IPO

UK digital bank Zopa is looking to raise £100m ahead of an IPO over the next 18 months.

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Mar
18

Global fintech Railsbank partners with neobank Volt to launch in Australia

Railsbank, a leading global embedded finance platform, has launched in Australia via a partnership with the country’s first neobank Volt. 

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Mar
09

Starling Bank surpasses £1bn valuation with latest funding round

Anne Boden’s fintech challenger Starling Bank has raised £272m in a funding round that values the company at £1.1bn.

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Feb
12

Meet the British digital bank trying to conquer America

British digital bank Revolut is on a mission to build a global digital bank. Now Revolut is setting its sights on a bigger prize: America.

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Feb
09

Digital-only banks attract interest of US, UK consumers

More US and UK consumers are wanting to change banks and would consider a digital-only bank, according to a new survey from Juniper.

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Dec
13

UK digital bank Ziglu launches P2P payments for Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash

London-based challenger bank Ziglu said Monday that it has been licensed as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) by the U.K.’s FCA.

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Nov
04

Nubank surpasses Revolut, Monzo and N26 combined with 18 million app downloads over the past year

If there was ever any doubt, you best believe that Nubank is growing exponentially fast and won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Making this all the more evident is the fact that the Brazilian fintech unicorn has seen over 18 million app downloads this past year. Based on a report from Apptopia, that’s more than Revolut, Monzo and N26 combined. While these neobanks are prevalent in Europe, Nubank continues to show immense mobile banking potential in developing markets. This is particularly true in Latin America. Like other fintechs, Nubank’s target audience is the region’s population without bank accounts. Latin America’s unbanked population Compared to the U.S. and European markets, Latin Americans […]

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